looks like the the very popular music site lastfm is pulling the cord on all the unofficial music clients. there are numerous clients that use there music streams. the more popular ones are "pocket scrobbler" "pocket lastfm" and on s60 platforms "mobbler".
in the last forums there explanation is
" Last.fm has never had a public radio API, although we've tolerated third-party clients using the undocumented calls that our client uses. This is finally about to change - we're going to make a public, documented streaming API available to everyone who has an API account. There are a few limitations:
* Only subscribers will be allowed to stream using API applications unless you negotiate a separate deal with us - we need to get the money to cover royalties.
* You won't be allowed to use our API to stream to mobile phones. This is unfortunately a limitation of some of our licensing agreements. Again, we may be able to make an exception to this if you talk to us directly."
so in the ends it looks like it comes down to the almighty dollar. it give the opportunity for people to make some kick ass apps. as of this post my pocket last works but my mobbler on my nokia e51 is not working
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